Yes, maybe, but it means that your old stuff in ASP has to be modified.
It's cool, but it's a path of no return, just like any ms stuff, be careful...
py
Some links:
http://xml.apache.org/soap/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/soapphpclient/
At 06:32 PM 4/3/01 +0100, you wrote:
>Java rocks. Personally I'm not a fan of MS. However, I saw a sneak preview
>of .NET in action last July and was astonished by the possible potential for
>this. There are many aspects of .NET, SOAP being just one of them. I saw
>code being written in a single GUI development environment where VB called
>C# called COBOL(??!? I'm serious here). The code was debugged in a single
>debugger and jumped seamlessly from line to line across different languages.
>Calling a function/method in a different language was as simple as scrolling
>through MS's intellisense dropdowns, you don't even need to know what
>language the relevant function is written in. ASP has been converted to run
>with the .NET common language runtime(CLR), meaning that you can write ASP
>in any language compatible with the CLR (i.e. VB, C#, COBOL, umpteen other
>languages currently being converted).
>
>Most cool was the way in which you can create web services. This is where
>SOAP comes into play. By tagging a function in a CLR compatible language
>with a 'web service' tag the function becomes exposed and available across
>the net to anyone else using SOAP development environments (admittedly only
>.NET at the moment).
>
>There were many, many oohs and aahs at the conference, from my position they
>were well deserved. I'm not a fan of MS but don't write them off. As a
>developer I haven't such a potential for a revolution since Windows 2.0
>first came out.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David VanHorn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 03 April 2001 17:59
>To: Neil Kimber; Paulson, Joseph V. "Jay"; 'Stewart Taylor'; 'Brandon
>Orther'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: [PHP] New buzz SOAP?
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>
>
> >
> >This is going to be big because it is a very large part of the new
>Microsoft
> >.NET strategy. In essence it will enable everyone and everything to talk
> >together without worrying about hardware, software or OS's
>incompatibilities
> >(well, that's the theory, anyway). Of course, I'm sure that MS will make
> >their own non-open extensions and tie everyone into their World<grin>.
>
>
>I can't count the number of times I've heard this promise..
>Anyone remember how Java was supposed to take over the world?
>
>
> >The best thing about SOAP is the sense of humour of the designers. Part of
> >the SOAP toolkit is called the Remote Object Proxy Engine, this is
> >responsible for the consumption of dispatching of SOAP messages. So, you
>get
> >SOAP on a ROPE!
>
>Don't drop the SOAP! :)
>
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